In the previous post, we covered a brief introduction to the magic SysRq key and dropped some hints about what it can do. In this post, we will actually learn how to perform one of the many functions it can be used to execute.
When your server becomes unresponsive, the first […]

It could be a freeze, a crash, or simply completely or near unresponsiveness that drives you to shut off your server and start it back up cold. That, however, is never ideal. The ideal way to recover a system is to bring it back to complete functionality or simply restart it gracefully. Enter Magic SysRq, […]